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Cape Town’s taps could really run dry

No guarantee of winter rain, scientists say

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News | 3 April 2017

Understanding Judge Davis’s dope judgment

While a step towards decriminalisation, there’s a way to go before you can light up a joint without fear of arrest

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News | 2 April 2017

Hundreds outside Parliament call for Zuma to resign

Joining protests in Pretoria, following the President’s cabinet reshuffle, civil society and faith-based groups demonstrated in Cape Town

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News | 31 March 2017

“Crooks who only care about their pockets”

Social grant recipients angry about deductions

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News | 31 March 2017

We’ll occupy Helen Bowden building for “as long as possible” say activists

No direct action taken yet by provincial government

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News | 31 March 2017

Man dies from dog bites 39 days later

Many unanswered questions on how Andries Afrikaner came to die

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News | 31 March 2017

Zuma cabinet reshuffle: what people are saying

GroundUp asked members of the public what they think of the axing of the Minister of Finance

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News | 31 March 2017

No bail for murderer of sex worker

Mthethwa’s wealth won’t get him different treatment, says judge

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News | 31 March 2017

Elsies River erupts in violent protest after shack demolished

Community says it will stand by the family whose home was torn down

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News | 30 March 2017

Sex worker murderer wants bail

Mthethwa says he needs time to get his affairs in order as “potentially a few million rands were at risk”

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News | 29 March 2017

Battle for toilet cleaning jobs in Gugulethu

Residents stop janitors emptying toilets in protest

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News | 29 March 2017

City of Cape Town takes bold step in Tafelberg battle

Sea Point could be eligible for affordable housing subsidy

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News | 28 March 2017

Mthatha taxi violence leaves commuters stranded

Key Eastern Cape route closed to taxis

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News | 28 March 2017

PE families live with burst sewer pipe for three years

Municipality fails to keep promises

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News | 28 March 2017

Occupiers of church land demand water and sanitation

City says it cannot provide services on Moravian land in Pella

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News | 28 March 2017

Port St Johns learners have to be sent home when it rains

Five years on and school hasn’t been fixed

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News | 28 March 2017